Inner tub washer



April 11, 1944. F. J. kHlm-:s 2,346,133 I INNER TUB WASHER Filed Feb. 3,1941 3 Sheets-Sheet l ttv,

ATTQRNEY rrd/2A J Haye;

April 11, 1944;

F. .'J. HAYES INNER TUB WASHER Filed Feb. 3, v1941 3 Sheets-Sheekl 3|NvENToR ira/LK J Ha Patented Apr. 1l, 1944 INNER TUB WASHER `Frank J.Hayes, Brooklyn, N. Y., assgnor of twenty per cent to -Saul M. Slomsky,Brooklyn,

vN. Y.

Application Femm-ya', 1941, serial No. 377,089

(ci. is-13) 4 Claims.

This inventionrelates to new and useful improvements in an inner tub-Washer.

More particularly, the invention proposes in combination with a sink andtub, an agitator mounted in the tub to do washing, a disappearingwringer mounted across ar.' open top pocket located between the tub andthe sink, and a standard electric ironer mounted in a cabinet arrangedaround the sink and tub.

Still further, the invention contemplatesthat the entire washer beenclosed in a steel easement enameled to harmonize with the color schemeof al modern kitchen or furnished basement or other place. The inventionproposes a certain construction of this steel easement which will becomeclear as this specification proceeds.

'I'he dominating advantageV of the invention residesy in the fact thatit takes the washing vmachine out of the portable field and places it asa permanent fixture in the home of the future. It is behaved that thisinvention will open up a new field to the Washing machine industry,closed before through lack of space.

Still further, the invention proposes the\,pn

struction of an inner tub washer as -briey described which may bemanufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of anv inner tub Washer constructed inaccordance with this invention. 4

Fig.2 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse ver tical sectional View of'aportion of Fig. 1 showing particularly the tub and the mechanismimmediately adjacent the tub.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan Viewl of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan viewbf the transmission mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6 6of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a fragm` tary enlarged vertical sectional view taken on`\ eline 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentl ry enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. 1howing particularly the control panel for the washer.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 9-9 ofFig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a. schematic wiring diagram of the device.

The inner tub washer in accordance with this invention includes acombination sink and tub having a sink portion III at the left hand endandv the tub portion II at the right hand end. The usual hot and coldwater mixing i-lxtures I2 are mounted over the sink and tub portion in amanner so that the water may be let into either one, as desired. Anagitator I3 is mounted in the tub for agitating water and clothestherein to wash the clothes. Y

Means is provided for driving the agitator I3. This means includes avertical shaft III which is coaxially connected with the agitator I3 andwhich extends through the bottom ofthe tub I I.

A gear I5 is mounted on the bottom end of the' mounted gear 20. A pintleZI pivtally connects the end of the link i9 eccentrically with the gear20. The worm pinion 22 meshes with the gear 20 and is mounted upon adrive shaft 23. This drive shaft is adapted to be connected withanpelectric motor not' illustrated on the drawings except schematicallyin Fig. 10 by reference numeral 88. The arrangement is such thatrotations of the drive shaft 23 will cause the gear 20 to rotate whichwill cause the link I9 to oscillate, oscillating the segmental gear I1which indirectly causes the agitator I3 tooscillate. This motion agtatesthe water and clothes in the tub II, and accomplishes the cleaning andwashing.

The combination sink and tub is hung upon a wall located to the rearthereof, and in addition is maintained in a horizontal plane by aplurality of legs 25 formed of angular material in crosssection. 'I'heselegs extend from the bottom of the combination sink and tub to' thefloor. A cabinet 2B o! stainless steel is built around the bottomportion of the combination sink and tub and covers the legs 25 and allof the-members located beneath the sink and tub. 'Ihis cabinet 26 isprovided with a door 21 directly tothe front of the tub to give accessto the agitator drivingmeans. It is also provided with a door 28directly to the front of the sink l0 to give access to the ironerlocated beneath the sink and which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Adjacent the top and bottom cornersv to the right of the door 28 thereis provided a superimposed pair of complementary tracks 29, and

when the door is pivoted to an open position it rubber strips 30". Therubber strips 30h are in turn mounted upon cross bars 30 mounted betweencertain of the legs 25 supporting the combination sink and tub. Therubber` strips 3l'ib are provided for acting as shock absorbers forpreventing the entire tub and sink from vibrating when the device is setin motion.

'I'he folding and disappearing Wringer is mounted across an open topface pocket 32 and in the form of a box is positioned between the tuband the sink. This wringer includes a frame consisting of a pairl of endframe sections 33, see Fig. 6.-

which are joined together with a bridging section 34. The end framesections 33 are vertical- 1y slidably engaged into the ends of the boxforming the pocket. The arrangement is such that the wringer frame iscapable of moving vertically.

As shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the wrlnger is` in'itslowermost position. A pair of superimposed rollers 36 are mounted acrossthe end frame sections 33 and comprise the wringer proper, that is, therollers between which the wash engages. The bottom roller 36 isresiliently supported by springs 3l which urge it upwards against thetoproller 36. The top roller 36 is mounted on a shaft 33 which has one endpassing through one of the end frame sections 33. The other end of thisshaft is provided with the gear 39'which meshes with a gear 4i! mountedon the shaft of the bottom roller 36. 'The ar out from the bottom of thehousing.` 'I'his verti-v cal shaft 45 is telescopically connected with atubular shaft 46.

'I'he interengaging endsl of the solid shaft 45 and the tubular shaft 46are slidably but non-rotatively connected with each other. This isaccomplished by the fact that they are square in transversecross-section, see Fig. 5. They may connected with the gearv 2n. In thisway rotations from the drive shaft 23 will be transmitted lto rotate thedrive system just described causnects with one end of the handle 5| yandextends through a portion of the bridging section 34. A spring 54 iscoaxially mounted on the rod 53 and has one end 54* connected with therod and the other end 64b attached on the bridging section 34. Thisspring functions to resiliently urge the rod 53 towards the right, inrelation to Fig. 3, so that the handle 5| is moved to the right.

l The other side of the handle 5| is provided with a rod 55 whichextends through the bridging section 34 and into the end frame section33 which is on the right. This rod 55 has a downwardly extending portion55n which extends to near the bottom end of the said end frame section33.

The section 55* then continues into an outwardly'4 extended end portion55b which engages against a rack 51 mounted on a portion of thecombination sink and tub. This rack 51 extends to near the top of thepocket. The spring 54 functions to holdthe outwardly extending endvportion 55b engaged with the rack.

When it is desired to extend the wringer into operative position, thetop of the bridging section 34 is gripped so that the fingers engage thehandle 5| which is then moved to the left, with specific relation toFig. 3. This moves the rod 65 to the left so that the outwardlyextending end portion 55b disengages from the rack 5l. Then the Wringermay be lifted up to the position indicated by the dot and dash lines inFig. 3. The handle 5| is now released and the spring 54 will move thehandle 5| towards the right, moving the rod 55 in the same direction, sothat the outwardly extending end portion 55b engages the rack 5l holdingthe wringer in its raised position. It should be understood that theoutwardly extending end portion 55b is now engaging the top portion ofthe rack 51. When the wringer is extended to its rased position thetelescopic shaft d5, 46 merely becomes extended. However, rotations willbe transmitted by the telescopic shaft to drive the wringer rollers 36.

The rear wall onthe tub is formed with full tub water line overflowopening and outlet 59 which is connected with the sewerage, notillustrated on the drawings. Immediately adjacent the owrow opening 59,the rear wall of the tub has a small outwardly projecting compartment66. 'I'his compartment is adapted for holding cakes of blue 6|.

A hingedly mounted door 62 of porous material, such as wire mesh,extends across the compartment 60. Mounted across the porous door 62,there is a waterproof door 63. This waterproof door 63 is slidablymounted in a pair of parallel tracks 64 mounted on the rear wall of thetub A rod 65 connects with the door 63 and extends upwards through abearing 66. The top end. of the rod 65 is provided with a ring 61 whichmay be manually gripped so that the door 63 may be moved to an elevatedopen position. The door 63 can be closed when desired., When the door 63base cabinet 26 directly behind the door 28. This ironer is soconstructed that the door 28 may be opened and the ironer may beextended so that it is ready to be used. 'I'he ironer includes a table10 which issupported'on an L shaped arm` ll. A brace I2 is extendedbetween the legs 25 supporting the left-hand side of the sink I0, andcarries a lug 12a. The L shaped arm 'il has one of its ends pivotallyattached tothe lug 12a by means of a pinso as to be capable of swingingin a horizontal plane. This horizontal swinging causes the ironer to beextended from beneath the sink when the door28 is opened. The bottomface of the table 10 is provided with a lug 'lllBL which is pivotallyconnected to the free end of the L shaped arm ll. The pivotal connectingbetween the L shaped arm 'Il and the lug ma isv such that the table 'lis capable of being swung vertically upwards to an Voperative horizontalposition. The table 10 is provided with hinge'dly mounted side leaf lwhich may be spread out when the table is extended. A leg 16 isconnected with the front end of the table 10. The motor driven roller 18of the electric ironer is mounted on the table 1i). The usual electric.

heated cover 19 is also supported on the table im. Fig. 4 shows theelectric ironer in its folded. position.

1 The electric ironer may be used by first opening the door 28 and thenpivoting the ironer iirst outwards and then upwards. When the table 1Ureaches a horizontal extended position, the leg it is pivoted to avertical position and rests on the floor to support the ironer. Theleaves i5 are then opened up and held in extended positions in the usualway, details of which arenot shown on the drawings since they form nopart of this invention.

Located above the tub .Il there is a. panel 8U having certain controlled'mechanism for the washer. .There is a time switch 8l controlled by aknob Sie and which may set to time intervals varying from one minute tofteen minutes. The panel board 8U is also provided with a green light82, a red light B3 and two manually operable switches tt and t5. Theseparts are connected up in an electric current as illustrated in iiig.10.

The circuit in Fig. 10 includes an electric plug 86 which may be pluggedinto the usual wall socket in'the home, or other place. From the plug 36there is a circuit 8l connecting the green light B2 and the time switch3i in parallel and connecting the time switch 8i and the electric motor38 in series. This circuit is provided with the switch 8d to control it.The motor 88 schematically illustrates the motor which is intended'todrive the'drive shaft 23. When the switch till is closed the 'greenlight 82 will be turned on and current will flow through the time switchiii and when the Atime switch closes through the motor 38, there isanother circuit @ik connecting the green light 32, the red'light 33, andthe motor B8 -in series. /This circuit 96 is controlled by the switches84 and 85. With this arrangement the time switch 8l may be turned ofiand then the switches 84 and 85 may be turned on to place the motor 88in continuous.

operation. In this latter condition both the green light 82 and the redlight 83 will be on.

The tub Il is provided with the usual valve controlled drain Ila to thesewerage system.

The operation o! the inner tub washer is as follows:

Fig. 1 shows the inner tub washer as it ap ars when not in use. Now thesink Ill may be used 5 as desired. To use the washer the drain plate 3|is removed, then the tub il is lled with the clothes, water and soap asis required to wash the clothes. The agitator I3 is then set intooperation. This is accomplished by" proper control' v 10 of the timeswitchV 8| and the switches 8l and 85. After a suitable time has passedthe wringer is lifted up from its inoperative position, shown by thefull lines in Fig. 3 to its operative position, indicated by the dot anddash lines in' this gure.

The clothes are nowpassed through the wringer and stored temporarily inthe sink I0. Then the tub H isv drained through the valve con.

trolled drain ll. A Y

The tub is then lled to the full tub line, as controlled by the drain59. The clothes are placed -into the tub and the agitator I3 is set-intoniotion to take any remaining soap or cleanser from the clothes.' Duringthis operation the water is permitted to run so that it isoveriiowingthrough the opening 59. This washes away all soap and other substanceswhich oats up to the surface of the water. The operation is continueduntil the clothes have thoroughly rinsed.

The clothes are then passed through the wringer again and storedtemporarily in the sink V Having thus described my invention, what claimas new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: n

l. Y A tub Washer having a pocket slidably housing a Wringer to bemovable to an operative position extended from the top of said pocket, arack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidably mounted onsaid wringer, means urging said rod into a position in which one end ofsaid rod engages said rack holding said wringer against being moved, andmeans mounted on said rod, whereby said rod maybe manually moved againstsaid rst-mentioned means to disengage said rod from said rack freeingsaid wringer to be moved either up or down.

2. A tub washer having a combination sink vand tub with a pocketdisposed between said tub and sink and slidably housing a wrlnger to be60 movable to an operative position extended from the top of saidpocket, a rack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidablymounted on said wringer, means urging said rod into a position in whichone end of said rod engages said rack holding said vwringer againstbeing moved, and means mounted on said rod, whereby said rod may bemanually moved against said rstmentloned means `to disengage said rodfrom said rack freeing said Wringer to be moved either up or down, saidilrst means comprising an expansion spring coaxially mounted on aportion of said rod and having one end connected with said rod and oneend connected to a stationary portion of said wringer-for urging saidrod into an extended position in which its end adjacent said rackengages said rack.

3. A tub washer having a combination sink and tub with a. pocketdisposed between said tub and sink and slidably housing a wringer to bemovable to an operative position extended from thetop of said pocket, arack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidably mounted onsaid wringer, means urging said rod into a position' in which one endoflsaid rod engages said rack holding said Wringer against being moved, andmeans mounted on said rod, whereby said rod'may be manually movedagainst said firstmentioned means to disengage said rod from said rackfreeing said Wringer to be moved either up or down, said first meanscomprising an expansion spring coaxially mounted on a portion of saidrod and having one end connected with said rod and one end connected toa stationary portion of said wringer for urging said rod intoan extendedposition in which its end adjacent said rack engages said rack, saidlatter means comprising a handle xedly mounted on a portion of saidrodand slidably disposed within a complementary opening formed in astationary portion of said Wringer.

4. A tub washer having a pocket slidably housing a wringer to be movableto an operative position extended from the top of said pocket,a rackmanual movement of said rod against the action of said spring todisengage said rod from said rack freeing said wringer to be moved, saidrod having its free end bent downwardly to extend into said pocket to beable both to engage the lower portion of said rack and to engage otherportion of said rack in all extended positions of said wringer relativeto said pocket.

FRANK J. HAYES.

